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Unsettled: Journeys in Truth & Conciliation charts a path forward for Canada as a nation of nations. Certain behaviours and content are welcome here.
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Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation is an independent podcast dedicated to building bridges between Indigenous, settler, and newcomer peoples in Canada. This public page represents, develops, teaches, encourages, and supports a community of listeners and others who are similarly inclined. Others are not. Our Foundational Beliefs
• Canada needs to understand and

redress past and present wrongs and inequities perpetrated against its Indigenous peoples.
• These wrongs and inequities continue to harm Indigenous peoples, families, and communities.
• When we share knowledge, ideas, and stories about truth and conciliation, we create paths forward for us all. If you disagree with the above—and you’re not interested in modifying your opinion or learning more about what our podcast explores—this page is not for you. Do
• Treat everyone with respect—including commenters you disagree with.
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Grey Area
We accept that some generalizing about identifiable groups is inevitable in life. That’s especially true on pages like this one, because we actively distinguish between different peoples in Canada. However, when generalizations become destructive stereotypes, we draw the line. Corrective Actions of Administrators
Facebook does not allow us to turn off comments. But we can—and do—delete specific comments when they do not conform to our Code of Conduct. We can also block specific Facebook users from the page. We’ll do that if you become a serial offender or post a comment that’s particularly vile. What About Free Speech? We have the right to develop this platform in the spirit of the podcast it supports. Deciding what is and is not appropriate is included within that right. None of this is an attack on your right to say what you want. You can exercise free speech—elsewhere. Promotional Consideration
If you like, you can put appropriate links within the comment section of a specific post. However, a more effective route may be to message your link to us and suggest that we post it on the main feed. Click on the Messenger icon in the About section of the page. If we agree your link is right for our audience, we will promote it. News items, non-profit activities, and coming events are given priority. On rare occasions and at the administrators’ discretion, we may promote a product or for-profit service. The acceptance bar for these items, however, is especially high. Do not post these as comments—they will almost always be deleted. Final Notes
This page and this Code of Conduct are evolving things. Therefore, we reserve the right to change the code anytime and for any reason, without notice. We realize that much of this code requires interpretation, so we also reserve the right to do exactly that: interpret. In applying this code, we will do our best to be consistent and fair.

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04/07/2024

We appreciate all our listeners! I hope you all engaged in activities for National Indigenous History month and Indigenous Peoples Day.

What did you do?

01/03/2024

We're back, this time with Tom Wilson CM (LeE HARVeY OsMOND) as he talks about connecting to his Kahnawake identity, family and history through his art, voice, music and approach to life.
Listen now as cohosts Jess V-burg and George Winston Lee bring you S4 E4 of their podcast, a joint production of Guiding Star Consulting and Features West Studios.

Musician and artist Tom Wilson CM talks about his life and purpose since learning the truth about his past. Marta Hewson photo.

31/12/2023

Made the Year-End Countdown Indigenous Music Countdown much love SiriusXM The Indigiverse Get ready for NEW music in the NEW year!! https://www.indigenousmusiccountdown.com/

29/12/2023

Dr. Wilton Littlechild is being promoted to the Order of Canada's highest level of companion, after he was first appointed as a member in 1998.

"For his lifelong contributions to reconciliation in Canada and around the globe, and for his inspirational leadership promoting Indigenous athletes in international sports events "

78 new appointments were announced Thursday, receiving of one of the country's highest honours.

21/12/2023

Wishing you () a happy winter solstice, holiday season and a Merry Christmas from co hosts Jess V-burg (Jessica Vandenberghe) and George Winston Lee!

Our podcast Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation launched September 30, 2020 and is now in Season 4! We create space for both Indigenous and Settler worldviews while we interview folks who have done amazing ReconciliACTIONS and amplify First Nations, Metis and Inuit voices.

Thanks for listening wherever you download your podcasts and stay tuned for some tear jerking, heart warming and astounding guests as we round out season 4 in 2024!

20/12/2023

In S4 E2 of Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation, Ramona Big Head of Kainai Nation in Alberta speaks of the heartbreak and other impacts of fentanyl deaths in her family and community.
Ultimately, though, the ground-breaking educator in the Blackfoot community shares a message of hope.
"I'm such an optimist," Ramona says. "I honestly believe that this generation of kids. . .they could be the first generation of our people that absolutely, 100 per cent stay away from drugs or alcohol."
This podcast serves Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its 94 Calls to Action. Check out the Ramona Big Head conversation or any of the other episodes in our catalogue.

Part of Ramona Big Head's healing process was taking part in a charity run across Canada.

18/12/2023

Indigenous Reflections

04/12/2023

A beautiful and heart-felt song from our most recent guest, Mike Bern of Tobique First Nation in Mew Brunswick.

30/11/2023

Mike Bern of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick shares stories of song, career, life and culture, in S4 E3 of the podcast.
Veering away from the heavier soundscape of his past bands, Mike embarked on a solo career about five years ago with the release of the single First Mother.
Now he has two solo albums to his credit, including the release earlier this year of Ancestors.
"I'm always working on music," says Mike. "Everyday you wake up from a dream or just a walk in the woods or from talking to somebody—inspiration is all around us."
Listen now on Buzzsprout (below) or wherever you get your podcasts.

Mike Bern, who released the album Ancestors to wide acclaim this year, uses folk rock to tap into his First Nation culture and stories.

19/11/2023

Nov 20 – 23 | National Addictions Awareness Week

Monday, November 20
Sk’elep School | 5pm – 8pm
Opening Prayer
Dinner
Naloxone Training
Language and Cultural Department, singing and drumming ceremony

Tuesday, November 21
Community Services | 1pm – 3 pm & 5pm – 8pm
Wellbriety and Sacred hoop (1pm – 3pm)
Opening Prayer
Dinner
Naloxone Training
Jay Bearhead guest speaker
Rocker Allen Brady guest speaker
Closing prayer
Smudging and brushing off

Wednesday, November 22
Men’s sweat at Skadam / Women’s sweat at Cold Creek
Men’s sweat with Jay Bearhead at Skadam Flats
Women’s sweat with Colleen Seymour at Cold Creek

Community Services (5pm-8pm)
Opening Prayer
Dinner
Treatment Centre Presentations
Closing Prayer

Thursday, November 23
Sk’elep School | 5pm – 8pm
Opening Prayer
Dinner
Naloxone Training
Dave Dixon RCMP Presentation
Muriel Saskamoose and Leona Thomas Guest Speakers
Closing Prayers
Smudging and brushing off

More info → https://tkemlups.ca/event/nov-20-23-national-addictions-awareness-week/

19/11/2023

Give the gift of art!

This stainless steel tumbler features "Crow Drum", a beautiful piece of artwork in honour of MMIWG by Blackfoot artists Kalum Teke Dan. It comes with a stainless steel straw as well.

For more details or to purchase, visit colouringitforward.com

19/11/2023

Canadiens wins leader says he misses ‘playing the games’

19/11/2023

Interested in helping us build a better Canada, one conversation at a time?

Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation, is a platform for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians who support and serve the 94 calls to action of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This Christmas, consider making a one-time or monthly donation to help us improve and promote the podcast, as we continue to build an audience across Turtle Island and around the world.

Memberships start for as little as $2 per month, and we also gratefully accept one-time monetary pats on the back.

Buy a membership of $10 a month or more for someone on your Christmas list, and we'll send a card on your behalf. Be sure to include mailing and other details.

If this is something you can’t afford to do, please be assured that your access will never be limited or blocked—our podcast will always be free for everyone.

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Have a wonderful Christmas and take care.

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19/11/2023

We are extremely pleased to announce our Indigenous Music Achievement Award honouree for 2023, Edmund Bull. He will be recognized for his legacy and impact on music at the Saskatchewan Music Awards celebration, Saturday December 2 in Saskatoon.

Edmund Bull of Little Pine First Nation is known far and wide as the head singer and drumkeeper for the award-winning Red Bull Singers, as well as being an accomplished solo artist in the country genre. Under his leadership, Red Bull achieved acclaim as one of the top pow-wow groups in North America, thrilling dancers and audiences around the globe for over 25 years, while releasing more than a dozen albums. Accompanied by the Red Bull Singers, Edmund has performed throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. As he developed his skills as a musician in both traditional and contemporary music, Edmund created a unique style and sound, singing and writing music that has inspired and uplifted listeners. Edmund has been named Best Male Artist, and Red Bull received the award for Pow Wow Recording, from the Native American Music Awards (including Red Bull performing at the inaugural NAMA event in 1998); as well, the Red Bull Singers were nominated for JUNO Awards for “Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording” in 1996 and 2000. Edmund continues to perform, including recently sharing a song at the Elders National Conference in Edmonton.

(UPDATE - show is now sold out)
www.saskmusicawards.com

13/11/2023

01/11/2023

S4 E2 of Unsettled: Journeys in Truth and Conciliation is now live, featuring Ramona Lynn Big Head of Kainai Nation.
Ramona, a respected and ground-breaking educator in the Blackfoot community, speaks of the heartbreak of fentanyl deaths in her family and community.
Ultimately, though, it's a message of hope she shares.
"I'm such an optimist," Ramona says. "I honestly believe that this generation of kids. . .they could be the first generation of our people that absolutely, 100 per cent stay away from drugs or alcohol."
Listen now to this or any other episodes in our catalogue.

Ramona Big Head poses for a Facebook photo in front of Kamloops Lake, during Napi's Run 2023.

20/10/2023

11/10/2023

Rooted in her own story of domestic abuse, Kristi Lane Sinclair's album Super Blood Wolf Moon oozes strength, perseverance, pain, and vulnerability. The award-winning Haida-Cree singer-songwriter has released a searing, deeply personal, and profound collection of songs, at once driving and anthemic, wispy and gentle, angsty and orchestral.

"I didn't want to write this," says Kristi. "It was the last thing I wanted to do at that point, to share my story. But just going through it, I had this knowledge. I'm part of this secret club now. . .I just thought I'd extend that. If you know you know. They'll get what I'm talking about, and I'll not really help but just hang out and make someone feel not quite so alone."

Kristi Lane Sinclair taps into her Haida Gwaii culture in her new album, Super Blood Wolf Moon.

11/10/2023

11/10/2023

"If trauma can be passed down through generations, then so can healing." ❤️

Artwork shared from on IG

11/10/2023

Unfortunately, our event with the Honourable Murray Sinclair on Monday, October 16th, has been cancelled.

Please sign up and join us for all other DWF LIVE events during Secret Path Week. Registration is FREE and open to all. https://downiewenjack.ca/dwflive/

If you're not a Legacy School, sign up now to access FREE resources and special events. Legacy Spaces, individuals, other groups, and DWF partners can also tune in on Facebook or YouTube to submit questions or comments in the chat by registering for email reminders about the sessions.

07/10/2023

Thanksgiving long weekend is a time to be with your people and celebrate the role of community in your life.
In our interview with musician and filmmaker Kristi Lane Sinclair, she speaks of the going home to Haida Gwaii in B.C. to make a video for Break, one of the songs on her album Super Blood Wolf Moon.

Singer-songwriter Kristi Lane Sinclair taps the power of women and community in her latest album, Super Blood Wolf Moon

06/10/2023

Three time zones and an ocean to navigate, as I set up for an interview with Jess V-burg and LeE HARVeY OsMOND, as in Tom Wilson.
Never sure these things happen till they happen, so trying to chill in the meantime. Not quite succeeding.

03/10/2023

Great stuff, highlighting a realistic pathway to change and explaining why choosing it matters.

On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we must talk about true healing from the devastating legacy of residential schools in Canada. From 1883 to 1996, Indian residential and day schools across Canada forcefully removed Indigenous children from their families, igniting generations of tra...

01/10/2023

Murphy Brown plays a big role in our latest episode.

Murphy Bio Part 1: Raised roaming the alleys and dog parks of Toronto's Parkdale, the tough and tender Murphy Grace Brown sharpened her teeth collaborating with Kristi Lane Sinclair and facilitating Kristi's 2023 album Super Blood Wolf Moon.

"You called me to talk about my dog, right?"
Not exactly. But sure, we like dogs.

Murphy Bio Part 2: Murphy went on to cofound hip hop sensation Dog Dad Posse. Not content with modelling duties as Canada's fav poster pup, Murphy's true passion lies in being a full-time therapy pup. She puts in a lot of overtime.

Favourite bands? The Cranberries and Concrete Blonde. Favourite song on Kristi's latest album? End of the Rope.

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Dams have negatively affected Indigenous communities across Canada, despite their common acceptance for the so-called "greater good." In the most recent episode of Unsettled: Journeys in Truth & Conciliation, Tobique First Nation singer-songwriter Mike Bern talks about one particular dam and how it changed his community.

Kristi Lane Sinclair discusses making the video for the song Break. "It was very much ceremony as a music video," she says.

In an upcoming bonus episode, we'll be chatting with this guy: the writer and performer of our theme music. Kevin John is an Indigenous luthier and musician living in Kaslo, B.C., and his home nation is Kyuquot/Checleseht on Vancouver Island. Before the end of October, we've got the continuation of our discussion with co-host Jessica Vandenberghe about her journey to her home nation. Then our monthly anchor episode drops on October 28, featuring Jessica and co-host George Lee discussing how the English language serves—and fails—Indigenous issues in Canada. In this video, Kevin plays one of his own songs. If you want to know the story about the song, you'll have to listen to the podcast.

A clip from Episode 1, the conversation that started our fall-and-winter series and the first-ever #unsettledjourneysintruthandconciliation #podcast. Also live now is our interview with Matthew Oliver, a Métis engineer from #yeg. Two episodes will drop next week: a mini-episode, featuring Jessica and George discussing their podcasting journey so far, and a full episode featuring a discussion with Ruby LIttlechild, who grew up on #maskwacis. Ruby works on engagement and advocacy for Indigenous peoples, and has three degrees from the University of Alberta. #indigenousissues #wavve #socialissues Find us on Apple, Spotify, and other podcatchers. Or you can go directly to our UnsettledJourneys site on SoundCloud.

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